Judge Bashes Bank and Stern Law Firm in Foreclosure Case By AMIR EFRATI A Florida state-court judge, in a rare ruling, said a major national bank perpetrated a “fraud” in a foreclosure lawsuit, raising questions about how banks are attempting to claim homes from borrowers in default. The ruling, made last month in Pasco County, …
Judge Bashes Bank in Foreclosure Case: "Criminal Probe in Florida." Read More »
Discovery Tips – A summary and reminder!! In the discovery for each link in the securitization chain there must be: a note, a purchase and sale agreement; a transfer receipt; a delivery receipt; a bond if the notes are endorsed in blank; a receipt of funds for the purchase of the note; and a disbursement …
April 16, 2010 Editorial NY Times Fighting Foreclosures From the start, the central concern about President Obama’s antiforeclosure effort has been that it would postpone foreclosures but ultimately not prevent enough to ease the economic strain from mass defaults. That concern seems increasingly justified. In the first quarter of 2010, there were 930,000 foreclosure filings …
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see Magnetar%20Mortage%20Recovery%20Backstop%20Whitepaper%20Jun09.pdf Magnetar Mortage Recovery Backstop Whitepaper Jun09 Two things jump out at me with this paper from June, 2009. First it is obvious that the “real money” investors are defined as those seeking low risk and willing to take lower yield. The fact that they are called “Real Money Investors” underscores my point about …
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Nobody ever thought that returning a lady’s purse to her after a purse snatcher ran away with it was a gift. So why is anyone contesting returning the purse to homeowners who had their lives snatched from them? The baby steps of the Obama administration are frustrating. Larry Summers, Tim Geithner and those who walk …
